The GEA project and the Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network (IACN) are grateful for the continuous input, advice, and consultation from the Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) and the SDWG Executive Secretary, as well as from our SDWG partners and other project partners. We are especially grateful to representatives from the Arctic Council Permanent Participants and the International Arctic Social Sciences Association, whose advice and consultation has been invaluable at all stages.
Advisors
We would like to thank the Editorial Committee for their guidance and direction throughout the process and the SDWG’s Social, Economic, and Cultural Eaxpert Group (SECEG) for the time and effort they have put into reviewing and advising at different stages of the process.
Youth Advisory Group
We would also like to thank our Youth Advisory Group for their valuable input and reviews.
Authors and Contributors
There would be no report without our lead authors, to whom we are eternally grateful for their hard work in researching, coordinating, and writing the chapters and for their patience and engagement in endless meetings and consultations. Thank you also to all the many contributors to the chapters, without whom this report would not have been what it is.
Authors and contributors of the Pan-Arctic Report
Sponsors
We would like to thank our sponsors:
the Nordic Council of Ministers,
the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Iceland,
the Icelandic Gender Equality Fund,
the Stefansson Arctic Institute,
Directorate of Equality Iceland, and the Icelandic Prime Minister's Office;
the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs for funding the chapter on Law and Governance,
the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for funding the chapter on Security,
the Government of the Faroe Islands for funding the chapter on Migration and Mobility,
the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs for funding the chapter on Gender and Environment,
Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada,
Government of Canada for funding the chapter on Indigeneity, Gender, Violence and Reconciliation, and
the National Science Foundation, with facilitation from the U.S. State Department for funding the chapter on Empowerment and Fate Control.
We thank our co-sponsors, the University of Akureyri, as well as the Institute for Arctic Studies at Dartmouth, the Polar Institute and Wilson Center and the UArctic and its Institute for Arctic Policy for their support, their collaboration in launching the report and for contributing to an open dialogue on gender in the Arctic.
Gratitude
Work on this report was managed and coordinated by the GEA Team at IACN in Akureyri which includes our excellent research assistants who were instrumental in gathering and processing data and information for the chapters and without whom this report would have been much poorer. We would also like to thank Jónas Þorbergsson at Fínlína for his work and collaboration in designing the report and Timothy Heleniak and Justine Ramage at Nordregio for providing the report with maps and data.
Arctic Council Chairmanship Team
Last but not least, we would like to thank the Arctic Council Chairmanship team at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs for their trust, guidance, and continued support throughout the whole project.
